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hypercatalectic

hypercatalectic adjective: which has an extra syllable added to the last dipody (foot of a verse).

Adjective

hypercatalectic (not comparable)

  1. Which has an extra syllable added to the last dipody (foot of a verse).

Origin of hypercatalectic

Recorded from circa 1700; from Latin hypercatalēcticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερκατάληκτος (huperkatálēktos).

Words formed from hypercatalectic

Words that rhyme with hypercatalectic

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Questions about hypercatalectic

What does hypercatalectic mean?
Hypercatalectic means which has an extra syllable added to the last dipody (foot of a verse).
What part of speech is hypercatalectic?
Hypercatalectic is an adjective.

Words near hypercatalectic in the dictionary

  1. hypercarry
  2. hypercars
  3. hypercasual
  4. hypercatabolic
  5. hypercatabolism
  6. hypercatalectic
  7. hypercatalexis
  8. hypercatalytic
  9. hypercatecholaminemia
  10. hypercatecholemia
  11. hypercatharsis

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